diff --git a/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch-dashboards/deb/debian/postinst b/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch-dashboards/deb/debian/postinst
index 08f0094078..93a566971d 100755
--- a/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch-dashboards/deb/debian/postinst
+++ b/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch-dashboards/deb/debian/postinst
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ echo "### You can start opensearch-dashboards service by executing"
 echo " sudo systemctl start opensearch-dashboards.service"
 
 # Set ownership and permissions
+chown -R root.opensearch-dashboards ${config_dir}
 chmod -R u=rwX,g=rX,o= ${config_dir}
 
 chown -R opensearch-dashboards.adm ${log_dir}
diff --git a/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch-dashboards/rpm/opensearch-dashboards.rpm.spec b/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch-dashboards/rpm/opensearch-dashboards.rpm.spec
index df8e1bd064..53273b9ae0 100644
--- a/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch-dashboards/rpm/opensearch-dashboards.rpm.spec
+++ b/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch-dashboards/rpm/opensearch-dashboards.rpm.spec
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ exit 0
 
 %post
 set -e
+chown -R root.%{name} %{config_dir}
 # Reload systemctl daemon
 if command -v systemctl > /dev/null; then
     systemctl daemon-reload